An apparatus for use in securing a snow chain onto the wheel of a vehicle,
including a bar, a pair of cables, each cable having an end secured to
one end of the bar opposite another cable having one end secured to an
opposite end of said bar, a chain hook attached to a free end of each
cable, and a sliding hook slideably positionable on each said cable, an
elastic band having one end secured to a location on said bar
intermediate between ends of said bar and an anchor hook secured to
another end of said elastic band enabling a user to lay said snow chain
in front of said wheel, drive said vehicle onto the snow chain, drape
said snow chain around and over a top of said wheel, attach each of said
chain hooks to an end of a respective one of the side chains of the snow
chain, hook each one of the sliding hooks onto the side chain, hook said
anchor hook on the elastic band to the opposite end of the snow chain
providing that the ends of the snow chain are drawn together and said
snow chain is drawn around the wheel, inserting at least one fastener
into links selected to join one end of each side chain to the opposite
end of the same side chain.